Effects Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout and Jem See it All The universal effects on racism is all through out to Kill a Mockingbird. In fact that is one of the main problems in the book. From little school yard fights, to extreme courtroom cases that affect the whole town. Scout, and Jem, the two main characters in the book, see it all. But at this stage Scout doesn't understand, much and Jem is just starting to figure things out. They start to ask question from their father Atticus, who is the best lawyer around. To only get complicated answers or answers they just make them more confused. They soon learn though what it all means, and the universal effects of racism. In their small little town Maycomb. The violence of racism is (very much real, especially) in small towns like Maycomb. But to Scout, and Jem the town they grew up in is perfect. But when Jem, and Scout start to get curious. Than their father Atticus takes on a case, that every lawyer has to have

That from just one little event some family can change their whole point of view about you. That you could lose family. Like what happened to scout (Francis page 110) when their cousin told her “But now he's turned out a nigger lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of maycomb again”. She tries to play cool but loses it, tries to get even with her cousin by fighting which in fact get them both in trouble. Some family is always that bad though like their aunt who loves them even tho she is strict on Scout, and Jem she doesn't let them slide with much. Or their uncle who loves them very much but soons learns a lesson from scout about the fight with her cousin that he never knew. Scout told him that their cousin said, “ called atticus a nigger lover” (Scout page 112). And that she didn't want him to tell atticus that because she didn't want him know she was fighting for Atticus. Their uncle soon learned from Scout that sometimes you gotta just let things